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Johann Baptist von Spix

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German naturalist (1781-1826)

ScientistsLived 1781 to 1826 · aged 45
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Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today's National Zoological Collection in Munich.

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Illustration of a mata mata collected by Spix in BrazilIllustration of a mata mata collected by Spix in BrazilTravels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820

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Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today's National Zoological Collection in Munich. Numerous examples of his ethnographic collections, such as dance masks and the like, are now part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Munich.

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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1781 to 1826 · aged 45
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